Somali deported for using Swedish passport

IMMIGRATION officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport intercepted a Somali who pretended to be a Swedish citizen when he tried to fly to the United Kingdom, the Bureau of Immigration said on Friday.

Abdinajah Mohamoud Aden, 23, was about to board a connecting flight to London when he was accosted by the bureau’s Travel Control and Enforcement Unit.

Aden arrived in Manila on November 25 using a Somali passport. The next day, he attempted to use a Swedish passport and presented it to Philippine Airlines personnel, but was immediately questioned after his name as well as his Somali passport record appeared in the airline database.